Waterloo Bridge (1940) - film review

Drama / War / Romance

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Waterloo Bridge is an American romantic film drama first released in 1940, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The film stars Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field and Maria Ouspenskaya. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Script: Robert E. Sherwood, S.N. Behrman, Hans Rameau, George Froeschel
Photo: Joseph Ruttenberg
Music: Herbert Stothart
Cast: Vivien Leigh (Myra), Robert Taylor (Roy Cronin), Lucile Watson (Lady Margaret Cronin), Virginia Field (Kitty), Maria Ouspenskaya (Madame Olga Kirowa), C. Aubrey Smith (The Duke), Janet Shaw (Maureen), Janet Waldo (Elsa), Steffi Duna (Lydia), Virginia Carroll (Sylvia), Leda Nicova (Marie), Florence Baker (Beatrice), Margery Manning (Mary), Frances MacInerney (Violet), Eleanor Stewart (Grace), Lowden Adams (The duke’s butler), Harry Allen (Taxi driver), Jimmy Aubrey (Cockney in air-raid shelter), Phyllis Barry (Second girl at estate dance), Colin Campbell (Groom), Rita Carlyle (Flower woman on bridge), Leo G. Carroll (Policeman), David Cavendish (Generous man at estate dance), David Clyde (Barnes (Cronin’s butler)), Kathryn Collier (Barmaid), Tom Conway, Frank Dawson (Vicar’s butler), Connie Emerald (Waitress at restaurant), Gilbert Emery (Colonel at luncheon), Herbert Evans (Commissionaire), Maria Genardi (Dancers’ Italian mother), Douglas Gordon (Taxi driver), Denis Green (Sergeant on bridge), Ethel Griffies (Mrs. Clark (landlady)), Bobby Hale (Taxi driver), Winifred Harris (Dowager at estate dance), Halliwell Hobbes (Vicar at St. Matthews), Harold Howard (Ticket collector at Waterloo Station), Charles Irwin (Candlelight Club announcer), Bill James (Sergeant), George Kirby (Waiter), Eric Lonsdale (Soldier at Waterloo Station), Wilfred Lucas (Elderly huntsman at estate dance), Dan Maxwell (Cockney in air-raid shelter), James May (Cockney in air-raid sheler), Florine McKinney (Viola (first girl at estate dance)), Charles McNaughton (Mack (the waiter)), Frank Mitchell (Father), Edmund Mortimer (Dance floor extra), Leonard Mudie (Thomas Parker (Roy’s driver)), Judith Nelles (Gertrude (tart at Waterloo Station)), Gordon Orbell (Newsboy), Tempe Pigott (Cockney in air-raid shelter), John Power (Toff’s companion), Elsie Prescott (Cockney in air-raid shelter), Jean Prescott (Third girl at estate dance), Clara Reid (Mrs. Bassett (at the estate dance)), Fred Sassoni (Newsboy), Paul Scardon (Backdoor stage doorman), John Graham Spacey (British officer at luncheon table), Wyndham Standing (Toff), Harry Stubbs (Proprietor of eating house), William Tetley (Boy opening taxi door), Cyril Thornton (Sergeant), David Thursby (First Cockney in air-raid shelter), Norma Varden (Hostess at restaurant), Pat Welsh, Martha Wentworth (Tart on bridge at the end), Eric Wilton (Head waiter at Candlelight Club), Robert Winkler (Boy delivering flowers), Douglas Wood (Vicar at estate dance)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 108 min; B&W

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